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Eileen Burbidge
@eileentso
Early-stage tech VC and recovering work- and tech- oholic. Online identity full circle: Eileen Tso, Eileen Broch, Eileen Burbidge
London
Joined February 2009
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    thanks @ginadav @byayeshajaved @TIME Magazine for incl “How London Cornered the Fintech Market” in its #TIME2030 series and @olivia_harris for the flattering snap! 🙏🇬🇧 (w/ @AnneBoden @NStoronsky @MayorofLondon @hmtreasury @ShampaRoyMukhe3 John Doran @TCVTech @simonschmincke)
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    if you’re a company that needs a McKinsey wheel to explain how to show empathy or emotionally connect... just go home 🙈
    How can companies show empathy and emotionally connect with their customers during the #covid19 crisis? Seven actions can help: mck.co/3cjGUOM #coronavirus
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    and there it is... 2 million customers (screen grab was 5 mins before midnight): 4 years to the day of their first ever tweet and public outing, 2 years 1 month after getting the banking license, 8 months after achieving the first 1 million... team @monzo take a bow 👏
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    so lucky & grateful for having (now co-parenting) 5 children 🥰 but along the way I’ve also had 2 terminations, 2 miscarriages, 2 rounds of unsuccessful IVF as well... the world needs more investment & talent in female reproductive health, if you know of ppl pls send my way 🙏👏
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    courtesy of Reddit (r/CasualUK u/ItsJayB) and as seen here on Rightmove, a studio apartment (NW9) so small the entry isn’t even a door it’s a window (£750 pcm) 🤔 rightmove.co.uk/properties/109…
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    literally best. birthday. present. ever. ➡️@monzo current account and debit card!!! (NB internal testing; late summer roll-out planned) 🔥🍾🎉
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    not all heroes wear capes
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    #TechNation 2017 in a snapshot (let's not say infographic this early in the morning)... source/full report: technation.techcityuk.com
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    can’t even explain how much I enjoy being a volunteer vaccinator ☺️ loved today’s shift in Essex 🙌💚 @SJAVolunteering @stjohnambulance
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    I had an abortion in California in 2005 and was proud to volunteer at the Planned Parenthood clinic in Mountain View in the years after. I am sad, angry and heartbroken for all the Americans losing the basic rights of safety, healthcare access and bodily autonomy that I had 💔
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    TIL the Gmail app notification badge supports six digits 👍🤫 cc @rosnow @glickman
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    Working for social justice isn't a 'distraction' for mission-focused companies tcrn.ch/34gQiQR by @eileentso
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    higher value to noise ratio (tbh zero noise) than any podcast/video all year, it's a must-listen/watch recording here: youtube.com/watch?v=vBkzm4… slides here: drive.google.com/file/d/11DgKmv… as almost always the case, the real tldr's and gems are in the Q&A w/ @jefffluhr @DavidSacks
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    Yesterday we met with all of our portfolio company founders to discuss the current downturn, what caused it, and how to survive it. We’ve decided to make the recording public. You can watch it here: youtu.be/vBkzm4a7iY4
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    tears of joy from me... and soooo much relief 🇺🇸💙🥳